Camp-bed.



PATENTED NOV P. D. RAPPBLBE.

CAMP BED. y APPLICATION FILED FEILZO, 1906.

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FRANCIS DELOS RAPPELEE, OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

CAMP-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nome, i906.

Application filed February 20, 1906. Serial No. 302.098.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS DELos RAP- PELEE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Green Bay, in the county of Brown and State of I/Visconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Camp- Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is.-to provide a simple, comfortable, and economic form of camp or field bed, and to so construct the same that it can be compactly foldedfor storage and transportation, quickly set up for use, and so that all parts will remain connected at all times.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved bed drawn upon a small scale. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, a part appearing in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the bed. Fig. 4 is an inner face view of an end member of thebed, a part be` ing in section and the canvas being removed. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through an end portion or member of the bed, the section being taken practically on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4 and a sectional side elevation of the anchoring device for the bed. Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section through a metal end portion of the bed, and Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section taken practically on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

The bed is provided with two end portions A, which may be termed head and "foot sections, and both of these portions are of the same construction. Ordinarily these end portions are made of Wood, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 8, 4, and 5, and each end portion A of the bed is made in two sections 10 and 11, connected by a hinge 12, which hinge is located at the bottom face of the central part of the end portion of the bed, as is best shown in Figs. 8 and 4.

A long staple 13 is suitably secured to the inner face of the sections 10 and 11 ofthe end portions of the bed, and these staples are passed through hems 14, formedat the ends of the canvas or fabric body B of the bed.

The end or head and foot portions of the bed are supported by legs 15, which legs are given anv inclination from the top downward and outward, so as to provide firm supportsV for the bed, and each leg 15 is provided wi th a tenon 16 at its upper end', and the tenons 16 of the legs are made to enter inclined openings 17, produced adjacent to the outer ends of the said sections 10 and 11 of the head and`- foot portions of the bed.

In order that the legs 15 when removed from the sections 10 and 11 shall not be lost and will always be at hand, they are connected with said sections by lengths of rope 18, chain, or the like.

A series of hems 20 is formed at each side of the body B, and ropes 2() are passed through these hems and through suitable openings in the outer ends of the head and foot sections 1() and 11, and these ropes 20 are made to extend beyond the said head and foot portions of the bed, and are connected so as to form stay-sections 20a, which staysections of the ropes 20 are suitably attached to the anchors O. The sections 20a of the rope 20 are passed through eyes 21, formed upon the bolts 22, which bolts 22 are mounted to slide in vertical slots 23, made in the upper portion of the anchors O, so `that the extension-ropes 20"1L will be under proper ten. sion whether the anchors are driven deeply into the ground or not.

In the construction of the anchors O their lower portions 24 are hollow and conical, their lower extremities being quite sharp, and the upper slotted portions of the anchors are strengthened by concaved wings 26 at the side edges, constituting integral portions of the anchor. At the upper end of each anchor an enlargement 27 is made adapted to be struck when the anchor is driven into-the ground.

Auxiliary legs 28 are provided between the head and foot portions A of the bed, and these auxiliary legs 28 are .provided with metal straps 29 at their upper ends, through which straps the side ropes 20 of the body of the bed are passed. Corresponding legs at opposite sides are preferably made to meet each other about centrally beneath the body of the bed, and have interlocking connection 30, as is shown in Fig. 3.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have illustrated a head and Vfoot ortion of a bed constructed of metal. T ese head and foot portions A are also in two sections 10a and 11a, the sections being connected at the center of the said head and foot portions by means of suitable hinges 12a. These metal portions A are made of channel-iron and are open at their lower edges, as is shown in Fig. 7, and the legs l5 are flat, and are likewise made of metal. Each leg 15a, which iit between the flanges or members of the said portions, is provided with a slot 31 at its upper portion, and in the outer marginal edge adjacent to the said slot 31 a finger 32 vis longitudinally formed. When the legs are in Itheir supporting position, :they incline downward and outward and their upper endsenter depressions 33, made in the top ofthe sections 10@l and 11a, asis best shown lin Fig. 6.

A pivotin 34 is passed through the slot 31 of each llg 15a, and other pins 35 are `provided adjacent to the pins 34, adapted when the legs are in Ltheir supporting position to enter the spaces between the body portions of the legs and the fingers 82, The pins 34 and 35 pass `through from one side of a section to the other, as is shown in Fig. 7, Thus, it will be observed, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6, the legs 15a may be folded up in the space between the members of the parts A and be entirely out of the way and that when a bed is to be set up by simply dropping .the legs downward they automatically assume the vlocked position shown in Fig. 6.

The anchorage for this bed is the same as has been described, and the body portion'of thebed is likewise of the same construction, staples 13 being provided for the parts A to receive the end hems 14 for the body B.

In order to prevent the bottom portions of the legs entering the ground when the bed is occupied or set up, feet 37 are provided for said legs, which feet consist of blocks of metal or of wood, having hooks 38 attached thereto, which hooks are adapted to pass through and have sliding movement in slots 36 at the bottom of the said legs, so that whenxthe feet 37 are not needed they can be Jfolded up along the side of the legs, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 7.

This bed is particularlyadapted for camping out or for .the use of soldiers. Itis very strong, comfortable to lie upon, can be quickly set up or taken down, and when `not needed it can be folded .compactly- At the Sametime, since all ofthe parts are connected they are not liable to become lost and are always at hand when needed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A camp-bed, consisting of head and foot portions comprising each atop bar in two hinge-connected sections and folding legs, a canvas body attachedat its ends to the upper bars of the said head and foot portions, and side supporting-cables for the said body,

which cables are carried through the bars of the head and foot portions for attachment to an anchoring device.

2. A camp-bed, comprising head and foot members, each'consisting of a top bar constructed in hinge -connected sections and adjustable legs, a fabric body, means for connecting the fabric body to the top 'bars of the head and foot members, supporting-cables connected with the sides of the said body, which cables are carried through the head and foot sections for attachment to anchoring devices, and adjustable auxiliary legs pivotally connected to the side or supporting cables and adapted to be carried below the said body to a point near the center thereof, and transversely-opposing legs having their lower ends brought together.

3. In a camp-bed, a head and a foot portion constructed in hinge-connected sections, legs pivotally attached to the said sections, locking devices for the said legs, a fabric body, means for connecting the fabric body to'said head and foot portions, and supporting-cables for the sides of the said body, which cables extend bey'ond Vthe said head and foot portions for attachment to an anchoring device.`

4. In a camp-bed, a head and a foot portion, a fabric body, means for attaching the fabric body to the said head and foot portions, supporting-cables for the sides of the said body, which cables extend beyond `the outer faces of the `said rhead and foot portions, anchors having slots therein, and eyebolts adjustable in said anchors, which eyebolts are connected with the extension portions of the saidsupporting-cables.

5. In camp-beds and the like, an anchor therefor having a conical tubular lower portion and an upper substantially straight portion having a longitudinal slot therein, and an eyebolt held to travel in the said slot.

6. In a camp-bed, head and foot portions, ropes connecting the head and foot portions and legs having eyes at their upper ends through which the said ropes pass, said legs being inclined inwardly toward each other and having interlocking engagement.

7. In a camp-bed head and foot portions inverted-Ushape in cross-section, side members connecting the head and foot portions, and legs pivoted between the members of the head and foot portions.

8. vIn a camp-bed, head and foot portions inverted-U shape in cross-section and having pinsfextending between the members thereof, side members connecting the said head and foot portions, Aand `legs each provided with a slot and a finger engaging the pins of the headand foot portions.

9. In a camp-bed, head and foot portions inverted-U shape in cross-section, said portions having pins extending between the members thereof, and provided with de IZO pressions in the under faces of their tops, and feet provided With hooks engaging the ro and legs having their upper ends entering slots ofthe legs.

the depressions ofthe head and foot portions In testimony whereof I have signed my and each provided with a slot and a finger name to this specification in the presence of engaging the said pins. tWo subscribing Witnesses.

10. In a camp-bed7 head and foot portions, FRANCIS DELOS RAPPIILEE. side members connecting the head and foot Witnesses: I portions, legs secured to the head and foot OTTO A. W. KAAP,

portions and having their lower ends slotted,l CHARLES W. LEovENs. 

